On Wednesday, Russia accused Ukraine of targeting the Russian president’s residence in the Kremlin with drones, which Kyiv denied.
And Catherine Colonna refused to “get into the game of small hypotheses”.
She said the fact that drones can reach the Kremlin “is difficult to understand under normal circumstances.”
She pointed out that the Ukrainians “officially announced yesterday that they had nothing to do with this event, which remains unjustified”.
Likewise, the Minister denounced the statements of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who on Wednesday called for the “liquidation” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in response to this supposed attack.
And she said: “Dmitry Medvedev is characterized by outrageous statements, with an unfortunate verbal escalation. Again, this escalation comes from Russia, once again seeking to bully and intimidate and find pretexts that can justify what cannot be justified.”
While she refused to address the hypothesis of the assassination of the Ukrainian president, she stressed the importance of “respecting the physical integrity” of a democratically elected head of state.
On the other hand, Colonna indicated that the channels of communication with Russia “remain necessary”, considering that one of the problems of the Russian authority is to “limit itself to a parallel reality”.
French President Emmanuel Macron has not had talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for months, but he has regularly reiterated the need to maintain dialogue with all parties.
In this context, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs declared: “We have no interest in reinforcing this mental isolation which pushed Russia to choose to invade Ukraine”, without indicating the possibility of consulting soon with its Russian counterpart.
She stressed that France must continue to help Ukraine so that it can launch a counter-attack in order to restore a “more favorable balance of forces” on the ground, in the hope that Russia will return to the table. negotiations. The government is preparing a new aid package, from without revealing the date of its announcement.
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